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Missouri Art Education Association

.........Meaningful Art Experiences for All

Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. identify and research a variety of artists and their styles
2. select a quote by a specific artist
3. be able to create a border to frame a quote that represents the artist's style
4. select a letter and illuminate it to reflect the artist and his/her style
5. choose a medium that will best demonstrate the artist, such as print making, painting, collage, drawing, etc.
(Standards: Show-Me Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.4, 4.1, FA 1,2,5)
Introduction/Motivation:
Distribute books and magazines that describe a variety of artists, direct students to share information and select an artist they are interested in researching. Discuss the significance of quotes, including historical and societal impact. Encourage students to share ideas about the meaning of symbols used in art and how they might depict an artist quote with a related symbol.

Materials:
books and magazines about artists / a collection of quotes by artists / computers and access to the web / printmaking supplies / pencils / paint and related supplies / construction paper / scissors / glue / markers / colored pencils / crayons
Procedure:
Students select an artist and a quote by the artist.
Students must identify the artist's style and relate entire project to this style. The quote is printed in a particular font using computer or the student uses lettering techniques to manually letter quote.
Students will select an appropriate beginning style of lettering for illumination of the first letter in the quote.
Students use marker, paint, cut paper, crayon, printmaking, or any combination of media to create illuminated letter.
Students design a border to frame the quote that reflects the style of the artist using marker, paint, cut paper, crayon, printmaking , or any combination of media.

Name ________________________Gr. _________Rm. ________

Quote an Artist Worksheet

Artist's full name ______________________________________

List three of your favorite pieces by this artist:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________

List 5 things you recognize the most often in the art by this artist:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________

List 3 symbols you could use to represent this artist:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________

Write your favorite quote by this artist:
________________________________________________

Name two sources used for your research:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________

Resources
Artists' Quotes
Internet Address: http://arthistory.about.com/library/biquotes.htm
The Art and Artist's Quotation Book, edited by Helen Hale
Artist Biographical Information
Art for Children, series by Ernest Raboff, published by Harper Trophy
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists, series by Mike
Venezia, published by Childrens Press, Chicago
Famous Artists, series by Andrew Hughes, published by Barrons's
Educational Series, Hauppauge, NY
Portraits of Women Artists for Children, series by Robyn Turner, published by Little, Brown and Co, Boston
A Weekend With Picasso, by Florian Rodari, published by Rizzoli, NY
Illumination and Lettering
The Etchers's Studio, Arthur Geisert, published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston
The Lettering Book of Alphabets, by Noelene Morris, published by Scholastic Inc., New York
Arts and Crafts Skills, Calligraphy, by Fiona Campbell, published by Children's Press, New York
Celtic and Medieval Alphabets, 53 Complete Fonts, by Dan X. Solo published by Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, New York
Marguerite makes a Book, by Bruce Robertson, published by J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Illuminated Manuscripts, by D.M. Gill, published by Barnes & Noble, NY
The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts, Illustrated Sacred Writings, by J.O. Westwood, published by Studio Editions